The Consumer Goods are a Winnipeg band that are not afraid to voice their opinions on political issues. Their Myspace page is littered with songs about the department of national defense, police violence, the Canadian occupation of Afghanistan, and the erosion of abortion rights in the U.S.
Their frontman, Tyler Shipley (one of my only friends [...]
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Obscure Band Showcares: Part 2 of 3 – the Consumer Goods
Posted in Capitalism, Ethics, Music on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Obscure Band Showcase: Part 1 of 3
Posted in Music on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been thinking about blogging about some of my favorite bands for a while now, and I think the most appropriate way to do it is in a series of posts, like the previous set concerned with the future. The bands I will feature here are all similar only in the fact that I think [...]
Cabin Feever is a state of mind
Posted in Capitalism, Ethics, Music on June 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This weekend Drew Sexsmith’s band came through town, and I put them up at my house. Although I missed their set, I thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with fine musicians, and getting to experience a bit of the fun filled comical frenzy that is being on tour.
Saturday morning was especially enjoyable. I jammed with Drew, [...]
My Two Favorite things, Connected at Last
Posted in Music, Philosophy on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It turns out that Jeff Mangum, lead singer from Neutral Milk Hotel, and writer of Holland, 1945, is married to Astra Taylor, who made the Zizek! documentary.
Even more “Feist, the Rock Star”
Posted in Music on April 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This performance, in a club in 2006, is even more like the Club show I saw her play at the now defunct Richards on Richards Cabaret.
When Feist was a Rock Star
Posted in Art, Music on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now that Feist is popular, she plays rock songs. Her previous record was full of sad, depressed love songs. But, conversely, in the old days she was a real rock star at her concerts, whereas today she’s much more controlled – perhaps the stress of fame? Whatever the reason, she just doesn’t let [...]
Jet Fuel
Posted in Music, Things, coffee on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Jet Fuel” is a coffee shop in the cabbagetown region of Toronto. Three things make it distinctive.
a)Mixed coffee drinks (i.e. mocha, americano, etc…) come in pint glasses.
b)Only espresso drinks (no drip, perculated or pressed coffee)
c)It sponsors cycle racing.
It’s excellent for a number of other reasons as well. It has an excellent sitting/table area in the [...]
FM Radio
Posted in Art, Music, Technology on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I woke up today, at about 2 pm, I put on CBC radio 2 – notably on a radio and not as a streaming feed from the internet. The significance of this is it was not compromised by system performance, or by the need to shut down or restart. The upshot is there has [...]
Hamilton Art Crawl
Posted in Capitalism, God, Music, beginning, coffee on January 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hamilton is often dismissed as a place to leave, not to visit. However, as the James North Art crawl showed last night, it has a good bit of culture left in it. (Perhaps organized by those who forgot that Hamilton was a place they were supposed to leave before they did anything interesting). It seems [...]
A Club
Posted in Music on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I found myself in unfamiliar surroundings. I spoke with Eurasia (“Two continents” on the internet around 7pm, which, based on 2 occasions, always leads to me getting into a show for free. The show was the band, “Afterparty”, at the mod club. I even bought a proper “club” drink – a rye and [...]
